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Federal Health Related Agencies

AHRQ, a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the lead agency charged with supporting research designed to improve the quality of health care, reduce its cost, and broaden access to essential services. AHRQ's broad programs of research bring practical, science-based information to medical practitioners and to consumers and other health care purchasers.

"a compilation of information about most major data collection systems sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). It was developed under the auspices of the HHS Data Council and it updates and expands upon the 1995 HHS Directory of Minority Health and Human Services Data. Additional data systems are included in this update, and more extensive information about each data system is provided."